The Mercenaries by Bill Baldwin My rating: 1 of 5 stars I realize this book has a good rating online, but I can't finish it, can't even get very far in it. Some of the things that drove me nuts were the takeoff of this new, cutting edge warship captained by Wilf Brim, to go …
Category: 1-Star Books
A Review of Lightwing
Lightwing by Tara K. Harper My rating: 1 of 5 stars I was really trying to make a go of this book, but something kept bothering me and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Until a couple of days ago, when I came to the necessary realization and put the book aside, unfinished. …
A Review of The Amazon Legion
The Amazon Legion by Tom Kratman My rating: 1 of 5 stars Wow. This is truly pathetic "military sci fi." Remind me to never read Kratman again. This book centers around a division of female warriors defending their country against a bigger, tougher, stronger, richer invader, and presumably how they overcome their weaknesses in kicking …
A Review of A Soldier’s Duty
A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson My rating: 1 of 5 stars A Soldier’s Duty is horseshit military science fiction. It’s not realistically military and the science fiction is insufficient, as I will explain. I started experiencing pangs of nervousness almost immediately as I began reading this book. Something didn’t feel “right” about it. Something …
A Review of The Demu Trilogy
Demu Trilogy by F.M. Busby My rating: 1 of 5 stars Typical of so many 1970s pulp sci fi writers and books. F.M. Busby’s The Demu Trilogy may actually be good, although with a 3.59 rating on Goodreads, I doubt it, but I’m not going to give it a shot by finishing it and you …
